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Valerie.humblet: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009 */

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Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009

Valerie.humblet: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009 */

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Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009

Valerie.humblet: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009 */

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Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009

Valerie.humblet: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009 */

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Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009

Valerie.humblet: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009 */

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Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009

Valerie.humblet: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009 */

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Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009

Valerie.humblet: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009 */

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Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009

Valerie.humblet: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009 */

2009-06-10T18:18:47Z

Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009

Valerie.humblet: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009 */

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Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009

Valerie.humblet: /* Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009 */

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Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009

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 * Bruce Rosen
 * Gordon Harris
-* Annick Vand den Abbeele
+* Annick Van den Abbeele
 * Jeff Yap
 * Charles Guttmann

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 ** A link to more specialized courses will be posted on the Catalyst website. Valerie will compile them first.
 * RSNA workshop.
-** A educational workshop proposed in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Medical Center and Duke University has been approved. The content needs to be finalized (to be done on June 15 during national CTSA t-con). The major topics are:
+** An educational workshop proposed in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Medical Center and Duke University has been approved. The content needs to be finalized (to be done on June 15 during national CTSA t-con). The major topics are:
 ***Overview of imaging biomarkers and their use in clinical trials
 ***Generic principles of image registration, segmentation, visualization
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 * Long-term view.
 ** The goal of the consortium is to enforce the use of imaging in research and in clinical trials. A course such as "Steps to integrate imaging in a clinical trial" would be very valuable.
-**Educate the medical community on the differences between clinical research and imaging is also important. The group proposed to develop the following lecture: Imaging in Research. The target audience would be the radiology residents.
+**Educate the medical community on the differences between clinical and research imaging is also important. The group proposed to develop the following lecture: Imaging in Research. The target audience would be the radiology residents.
 ** Annick brought the subject of tool validation. Everybody agreed that validation across site is crucial. We must teach the principles on what are the key metrics to evaluate a software/method but right now the group has no resources to do the actual validation of these tools. Eventually, being a group with a lot of expertise, we could work on getting extra funding to develop this big task.
 ** Standardization of clinical trials. It is important to evaluate a set of variables for the different diseases. Our goal would be to come with a Harvard protocol that people nationally could modify to their needs.

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-'''5. Futur agenda'''
+'''5. Futur agenda''' <br>
-* The group will meet with Sabune Winkler, Harvard Catalyst Regulatory Affairs Support Manager, on July 14 to discuss all the regulatory issues associated with the medical imaging informatics program.
-* The group need to put together a couple of slides to articulate the vision of the projects. The overall goal is to allow people with IRB approval to share and transfer data between institution, for research purpose. The group must now work on the underlying questions:
+* The group will meet with Sabune Winkler, Harvard Catalyst Regulatory Affairs Support Manager, on July 14 to discuss all the regulatory issues associated with the medical imaging informatics project.
 ** How do we get volunteers involved, some dont' want to get a medical record number, there must be a unique way to identify them?
-** Most trials involved patients who already have a medical record number and we are not changing the way regular patient are enroll, we must then come with a very efficient tracking system to include every subject but not count them twice.
+** Most trials involved patients who already have a medical record number and we are not changing the way regular patients are enroll, we must then come with a very efficient tracking system to include every subject but not count them twice.
-** Is the global solution the creation of a PACS dedicated to research? In that case, there must be a statement in the consent letters saying that the data may end up in a research PACS and be used for other purpose.
+** Is the global solution the creation of a PACS dedicated to research? In that case, there must be a statement in the consent letters saying that the data may end up in a research PACS and be used for other purposes.

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	* The group ran out of time to work on the evaluation plan. Valerie will have individual meeting with the members, collect their input and summarize it.		* The group ran out of time to work on the evaluation plan. Valerie will have individual meeting with the members, collect their input and summarize it.
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		+	<br>
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		+	'''5. Futur agenda'''
		+	* The group will meet with Sabune Winkler, Harvard Catalyst Regulatory Affairs Support Manager, on July 14 to discuss all the regulatory issues associated with the medical imaging informatics program.
		+	* The group need to put together a couple of slides to articulate the vision of the projects. The overall goal is to allow people with IRB approval to share and transfer data between institution, for research purpose. The group must now work on the underlying questions:
		+	** How do we get volunteers involved, some dont' want to get a medical record number, there must be a unique way to identify them?
		+	** Most trials involved patients who already have a medical record number and we are not changing the way regular patient are enroll, we must then come with a very efficient tracking system to include every subject but not count them twice.
		+	** Is the global solution the creation of a PACS dedicated to research? In that case, there must be a statement in the consent letters saying that the data may end up in a research PACS and be used for other purpose.

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	** Annick brought the subject of tool validation. Everybody agreed that validation across site is crucial. We must teach the principles on what are the key metrics to evaluate a software/method but right now the group has no resources to do the actual validation of these tools. Eventually, being a group with a lot of expertise, we could work on getting extra funding to develop this big task.		** Annick brought the subject of tool validation. Everybody agreed that validation across site is crucial. We must teach the principles on what are the key metrics to evaluate a software/method but right now the group has no resources to do the actual validation of these tools. Eventually, being a group with a lot of expertise, we could work on getting extra funding to develop this big task.
	** Standardization of clinical trials. It is important to evaluate a set of variables for the different diseases. Our goal would be to come with a Harvard protocol that people nationally could modify to their needs.		** Standardization of clinical trials. It is important to evaluate a set of variables for the different diseases. Our goal would be to come with a Harvard protocol that people nationally could modify to their needs.
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		+	'''4. Evaluation plan''' <br>
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		+	* The group ran out of time to work on the evaluation plan. Valerie will have individual meeting with the members, collect their input and summarize it.

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 * Access to education material.
 ** The members agreed that slides will be made available to the public after it has been presented. The last slide will include an acknowledgment of Catalyst support.
-** The group will work to the informatics department to track the number of downloads.
+** The group will work with the informatics department to track the number of downloads.
 * Current lectures available.
-** Several members have a lecture on MRI and other modalities safety. Valerie will collect them and come with a best practice training. The target audience will be the physicians but also the technologists. In the long term the goal is to have this training accredited for CME or other credits specific for technologists.
+** Several members have a lecture on MRI and other modalities safety. Valerie will collect them. The group wants to come with a best practice training and offer it to the different institutions. The target audience will be the physicians but also the technologists. The long term goal is to have this training accredited for CME or other credits specific for technologists.
-** Hands-on training on Slicer (and eventually other software) will be offered at each institution.
+** Hands-on trainings on Slicer (and eventually other software) will be offered at each institution.
 ** A link to more specialized courses will be posted on the Catalyst website. Valerie will compile them first.
 * RSNA workshop.
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 ***Generic principles of image registration, segmentation, visualization
 ***Description of each of the 3 imaging biomarkers and requirements for standardized acquisition in multi-center trials (e.g. RSNA QIBA)
-** The members proposed that this tutorial should be used as a radiology grand round at each institution. It is now the right time to contact the different program director because they organize the agenda during the summer.
+** The members proposed that this tutorial should be used as a radiology grand round at each institution. Now is the right time to contact the different program directors because they organize the agenda during the summer.
-* Clare suggested to contact the resident program director (other than radiology) and ask them if they would be interested in incorporating an one hour module on iamging during their research seminars. Valerie will make a directory for the different institutions.
+* Clare suggested to contact the resident program directors (other than radiology) and ask them if they would be interested in incorporating an one hour module on imaging during their research seminars. Valerie will make a directory for the different institutions.
 * Long-term view.
-** The goal of the consortium is to enforce the use of imaging in research and in clinical trials. A course such as "What are the steps to integrate imaging in a clinical trial" would be very valuable.
+** The goal of the consortium is to enforce the use of imaging in research and in clinical trials. A course such as "Steps to integrate imaging in a clinical trial" would be very valuable.
-**Educate the medical community on the differences between clinical research and imaging is also important. The group proposed to develop the following lecture: Imaging n Research. The target audience would be the radiology residents.
+**Educate the medical community on the differences between clinical research and imaging is also important. The group proposed to develop the following lecture: Imaging in Research. The target audience would be the radiology residents.
-** Annick brought the subject of tool validation. Everybody agreed that validation across site is crucial. We must teach the principles on what are the key metrics to evaluate a software/method but right now the group has no resources to do the validation of these tools. Eventually, being a group with a lot of expertise, we culd work on getting extra funding to develop this big task.
+** Annick brought the subject of tool validation. Everybody agreed that validation across site is crucial. We must teach the principles on what are the key metrics to evaluate a software/method but right now the group has no resources to do the actual validation of these tools. Eventually, being a group with a lot of expertise, we could work on getting extra funding to develop this big task.
-** Standardization of clinical trials. It is important to evaluate a set of important variables for the different diseases. Our goal would be to come with a Harvard protocol that people nationally could modify to their needs.
+** Standardization of clinical trials. It is important to evaluate a set of variables for the different diseases. Our goal would be to come with a Harvard protocol that people nationally could modify to their needs.